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Question 1

accountability is particularly important in psychological research because much human research in psychology deals with

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vulnerable populations or potentially sensitive subject matter, making fair and ethical treatment of research participants especially crucial.

Question 2

Developing a skill set as a critical consumer of research involves an ability to

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critically evaluate the quality, relevance and accuracy of research and associated data/ publications

Question 3

when it comes to publishing research, many quality journals employ a

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peer review process

Question 4

What is often cited as a contributing factor to many more junior academics inadvertently plagiarising material?

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inexperience

Question 5

For more experienced academics or clinicians, pressure for frequent high-level research outputs has also been found to lead to some instances of research misconduct through

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fabrication of data or falsification of findings

Question 6

The transparency and quality of research outcomes continues to be a priority area across all

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research disciplines

Question 7

Publication bias can be defined as a situation in which

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the publication of a research finding is dependent on the nature or direction of the results obtained (Franco et al., 2014).

Question 8

one prominent form of publication bias is the increased likelihood for

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significant findings to be published over non-significant findings: basically a tendency for the selective reporting of research findings